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I hope you're right, I just fear that we might go backwards as many of our players declined at some point in the season. Let's hope it's not the case, and we build our confidence and momentum from the get go.
I'd wager someone said that prior to last season!
That’s not the point. We need to stop shoe horning players out of position and play them at their best position. Rashy isn’t a left winger. Bruno isn’t a right winger. Etc etc.
What I find weird is when he plays upfront he doesn't hang out on the left. Most wingers turned strikers (Henry, Ronaldo and more recently Mbappe etc) always go back to their comfort zones but he doesn't and just lets the game drift by him.
He came on and was heavily involved, which was due to his relentless running off the ball and driving at players when on it. Was a constant threat!
Making runs into channels is expected though. That's not really what I'm talking about, Rashford has done that since he was a teenager.
Hopefully Garnacho competition gets him out of that impression once the season starts. We're actually going to have decent competition on the left and right wing.
Had we given him said contract, he'd be playing for PSG and scoring a shed load in their Farmers league. Then we'd be relying on Sancho, Antony, injury & Hojlund to replace his 30 last season. Marcus doesn't need to be a great player, he need to give us 20 plus goals per season.
Yep, job done, chill out.
Based on patchy pre season form when he had a longer break that a lot of the squad due to internationals?
Fitness shouldn't make a player unable to control the ball for a full match tbf. If anything, he's probably not switched on mentally.
It can, as your body and brain gets tired so you start making mistakes
Just how long will this continue to be an excuse for Rashford? And ball control and brainless decisions really shouldn't be blamed on fitness. Anyway, its just pre-season and about getting match sharpness. Will be a real worry if he continues this way when the season starts.
The hope with Rashford is that he has the same goal scoring knack this season as he did last year because that's how he is valuable to this team. His all round game will always remain spotty(poor touch more often than desirable, unable to play well in tighter areas and poor with his back to goal) but his production did offset all that last season and hopefully he has that same scoring bug this season.
Yeah it's nothing to do with fitness. He looked quick and strong. He just had some sloppy touches and decision making but at the same time I thought he looked sharper than the previous games, especially with his dribbling.
Rashford has excellent first touch, not sure why people repeat this. His general play is lacking sometimes but anyone saying his first touch is poor is just wrong.
Yeah, and importantly he does make fantastic runs on that left wing, which was a problem in the 2nd half as everyone seems to think they can pick him out easily (which TBF they can, but still). It leads to forcing it to him over the top way too much instead of just playing normally. Can't blame him for making good runs but the squad needs to know to still play it through the midfield and Sancho. Now add Onana to the mix of Bruno, Licha, Shaw and Casemiro who can pick him out (and often force it?)... He's going to be in great positions pretty often, more than ever before IMO, so just about sharpening up that decision making.
Can't tell if this is serious or not. If it is, it has to be one of the most absurd posts I've seen on here in quite some time. Writing him off this season based on a handful of preseason games...
Agree. He had bad touches against Dortmund which are showing very clearly because of the focus on Onana his distribution that ended up being ruined by average touches by Rashford. Usually the first touch isnt an issue with Rashford. He just had a day off, wasnt focused and/or sloppy against Dortmund. I dont see it as an issue.
I wouldn't say that. When he's on he has a good touch but even then it's can be spotty and not quite consistent with it. People with naturally excellent first touch are very consistent with it and wouldn't mess up 2-3 easy long ball to them in a single game(which he did this game) no matter how fit or unfit they are.
He had a good first touch, not excellent
It's just 2 touches, out of that he misjudged the first one. You are using one game where he has shown it for years that he has very good first touch.
Yeah, it's so weird to see so many conclusions drawn on single preseason game.
